Re: [Chrysler300] Movie Car Info

["Jess Miklas" <jpmiklas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've rented cars to movie productions in the past. The biggest one was the 
Michael Keaton film about the japanese auto company coming to the US. It was 
filmed in Homestead, Pennsylvania. My memory fails me  - can't remember the 
name of the movie; Gung Ho? maybe?

I would suggest that you or a representative of yours be with the vehicle at 
all times. In my case, the prop handlers actually tried very hard to take 
care of the cars. They even hired a local friend of mine to wash and wax the 
cars each evening when they were stored inside.(Not just mine, but all the 
30 some cars they had rented)
Even though I offered to drive my cars or have a friend drive them to the 
set, they insisted on trailering them which was actually more trouble (and 
possibly more dangerous)  (Possibly their insurance requiremnts)

The problems were during the actual filming. Those people involved there 
were certainly not "car people" and to them their mindset was that cars were 
just props and props were repairable. They didn't consciously try to damage 
the cars but they treated them like " company cars" and used them like 
trucks, garbage cans, lunch counters etc...you get the picture.

If you are with your car, the first coffee cup on the hood and you can be 
right there to stop that nonsense.

I remember them paying $200.00 per day per background car and almost double 
that for action cars,  which was incredible money back then! I believe I 
came out way ahead on that project.

Jeff Miklas




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